30-12-2011, 02:11
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SHAGGY "hot shot" cd,2001.
pretty hard to know where shaggy fits in the whole genre thing as his music encompasses pop,dance,reggae and R&B...sometimes simultaneously???!
pretty sure i got this one purely on the strength of his worldwide #1 hit "it wasnt me"...had to be that as nothing else here would make me buy it!
he has a very Eddie Grant(remember him?) type quality to his voice...a very deep baritone reggae accent accompanied with some soulful type vocalsits to break up the harshness of his own voice...dont get me wrong, i love his vocals and vocal delivery on these tracks, just find most of the tracks have little else to offer and vocals alone dont make a song a good song!
had five hits off this album, two of which reached #1 in the UK,US and here in Australia(it wasnt me & angel) the rest all appear to have just been relatively minor hits except "luv me,luv me" which was also a UK top 5 hit.
2001 was the year of Shaggy with this,a #1 album all over the world, the #1 hits, numerous awards(but not Grammy's) the biggest selling single worldwide in "it wasnt me", but none of that means anything when i dont like this one.
still some pleasant tracks on here,just not enough for me to say it is a good album.
I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: luv me,luv me
best track: it wasnt me
3s=2
2s=5
1s=8
rating:1.6
from the album(my favourites in descending order):
it wasnt me***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2g5Hz17C4is video
dance and shout***
Shaggy - Dance & Shout Live TOTP - YouTube live
angel**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWJrPzAUzAs&ob=av2e vevo video
freaky girl**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEXs12J3RGM&ob=av2e vevo video
hope**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UeKM7RAyLY video
keep'n it real**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nrk8gZyfog audio
leave it to me**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOcfnz6XylE audio